Brace for holding boxes and crates in railway-cars.



BACON.

BRACE FOR HOLDING BOXES AND CRAYES IN RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, I915.

Paten t'efi Nov. 28, 1916.

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BACON. BRACE FOR HOLDING BOXES AND CRATES IN'RAILWAY CARS. APPLICATIONFILED MAY 20. 1915- 1 ,206,64:8 v Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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BRACE FOB .HOLDING BOXES AND .CRA'IES IN RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2d, 1916.

Application filed May 20, 1915. Serial Nb. 29,429.

[0 all whom it may concern it known that l. (i-mums BACON, a citizen ofthe I nited States. and a resident of the city of Fresno. county ofFresno, and

State of California. have invented a new and useful Improvement inBraces for Holding Boxes and (rates in Railway-Cars. of which thefollowing is a specification.

In packing or storing boxes and crates of 0 merchandise in railway carsit is usual to stack them in tiers at each end of the car, and in orderto keep such boxes and crates from jostling about they are braced.

In l nited, States Patent No. 1.075.001

granted to me October 7. 1913. I disclosed a form of brace consisting ofa frame work which hung down from the root of the car between the tiersof boxes nearest the center of the car and which by means of a seriesot' screws could be forced against the boxes, clamping them against theend of the car.

My present invention is an improvement on the patent heretofore referredto. sub-' stituting for the series of screws a set of togglc'barsoperated by a. single screw, and having means thereon whereby the bracecan be used to clamp the boxes or crates which may be piled in one endofthe car independent of boxes which may or may not be 39 piled in theother end of the car. and other purposes as hereinafter set forth. a

In the drawing accompanying this specification Figure- 1 shows an endelevation of the brace as placed in a railway car when in 5 use. Fig. 2is a top view of the brace when closed. Fig. is a top view ot'the bracewhen opened. Fig. -t is a detailed view of the device for locking thebrace to the sides of thecar when the brace-is used for one side of thecar independent of the other side. Fig. 5 is a. view of one side of thebrace.

In said drawings l and (i are. movable members each of which can consistof a solid wall. or strips of stitl material fastened todgcthcr. theobject being to have members which when forced against the tier of boxesv will press evenly on each box.

3 are casters or rollers at the bottom of members F and (i and areintended to aid in moving such members.

-.lis a roller from which the brace is suspended from the top of thecar. Member I has upright posts '24. 32. 3+, 36 and 38. and member G hasupright posts i -l. 31, 35. 37

5 and 39.

A. is a screw l aving a. right hand thread 9 at one end thereof and aleft hand thread 10 at the other end thereof.

5 and (3 are blocks having right hand female threads therein which willscrew easily on't'hr-eaded portion 9 of screw A.

, 27 is a handle for operating screw A.

T is a block having left hand female threads therein which screws freelyon portion 10 of screw" A.

8 is a block having a hole therein ot suliicient size to permit screw A.to slide therein.

11 is a connection uniting'blocks 7 and S.

12 is a toggle bar pivoted at one end to block 5- mate center of post 13is a toggle barapproximately the same length as toggle bar 12. andextends from the approximate center of post .24 to the side oi. block 5opposite to where toggle bar 12 is pivoted.

14. and 15. are toggle bars pivoted at one end to block 6 and at theother end to members F and G.

20 and 30 are toggle bars pivoted at one end to block 8 and at the otherend to members F and (l.

27 and 28 are toggle ba1"s-pivotedat'one end to block 7 and at the otherend to members F and G.

Toggle bars are of approximately equal lengths.

In order to have equal pressure on members I and G on the upper andlower and middle portions toggles B have vertical gives additionalstrength to the toggles and an even pressure on the entire faces ofmembers 1. and 2 which is an essential feature in this form of brace.

36 is a portion of the wall of the car adjacent to the door. and 21 arenotches Within said wall. I

E is a lever pivoted to post 23, and consists of a handle 20 at one end,and a hook, or catch 21 at the other end. latch 21 is formed so it willreadily enter notch 21. The relation of the notches 21, and the levers Eare such that when the brace is placed Within the car with post 23parallel with the line of such notches, and adjacent and at the otherend to the approxi- BEST AVAILABLE COP thereto, by moving handle 20 soit extends outwardly from post 23, the catches 21 will enter notches 21,and when the handle is moved approximately parallel with post 23, thecatches 21 will be withdrawn from such notches 21. There can be aplurality of levers E pivoted to post 23, in which case there should bea corresponding notch 21 for each of said levers, and the handles 20should be connected with a rod 22 for the purpose ofmaking them worksimultaneously. Posts 39, 24 and 38 should have a plurality of levers Epivoted thereto in a similar manner to those pivoted topost 23,

above described. The object of this device is to securely fasten one ofthe members, either F or G, to the sides of the car so the brace can beused on tiers of boxes in one end of the car independent of the otherend.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clamp for holding merchandise within a car consisting of twomovableframes, toggle members between such frames, each toggle memberconsisting of two center blocks having holes therein, one having a righthand thread therein and the other a left hand thread, a pair of togglebraces pivoted to each of such blocks, one of such toggle braces of eachof such pairs being pivoted to each of such movable frames, each of suchtoggle braces consisting of a plurality of toggle bars radiating fromthe block to which the brace is pivoted, and on a common 'plane, a screwhaving right hand threads at one end and left hand threads at;

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CHARLES BACUJN Witnesses:

E. M. B1snor K. ARAKELIAN.

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